Is this a young woman looking away from the viewer or an old woman looking down? Hill’s Young Girl —Old Woman drawing is meant to twist your brain both ways to see the entire picture. Hill was very talented at creating these types of cartoon illusionistic illustrations. Some say it can be proved which side of the brain a person uses to think by which object in the picture they see first. So which do you see first; a young girl or an old lady? - CW
This picture was depicted in a German postcard from 1888 and was later changed on an advertisement for the Anchor Buggy Co. in 1890. W. E. Hill published this work in 1915 and adapted the original idea from trading cards and puzzles. This figure is hard or easy to comprehend depending upon what is interpreted by your brain. Your perception depends on how you view the lines and contours. The young lady is looking back in this figure. You can see her ear and the side of her chin and one of her eyelashes. It appears that she is wearing a necklace and a veil of some kind over her hair. Now the old woman, on the other hand is looking forward. The young lady’s ear and nose become the woman’s eyes and the chin becomes her nose. -JJ
Did Hill make this drawing on accident?
What was Hill's intent when he made this piece.
What is meant by “which side of the brain a person uses to think” in the caption above?
Depending on the side of your brain you use, you see things differently. People use the things you like to do and the way you interpret different things to show what side you use. So when someone looks at this picture and sees what they do, it is influenced by their brain usage. When I looked at this at first I saw an old woman.
ReplyDeleteW.E. Hill is believed to be the artist, though many people say he took some ideas from trading and puzzle cards. The symbol back then was very popular. Now a days, the picture has turned into a modern day optical illusion.
W.E. Hill knew what he was doing when he drew this. A common perception was made that he saw the original photo and thought that it looked like an old woman instead of a young girl and wanted to make a similar picture. Or which every way you want to see it as.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/YoungGirl-OldWomanIllusion.html
http://psylux.psych.tu-dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%20Material/www.illusionworks.com/html/perceptual_ambiguity.html
Hill did not make this drawing on accident.
ReplyDeleteHe knew that he was doing a optical illusion.
Hill's intent when he made this picture was to make people think about his art work.
Everyone interpret things different. When I looked at this picture I saw an old woman. After a while I also saw the young woman, but it took me a while.
You have to think about this picture and you have to use your brain. Not everyone uses the same side of brain and that is the reason why people see things different.
http://www.frontiernet.net/~docbob/ilusion2.htm
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/YoungGirl-OldWomanIllusion.html
http://members.multimania.nl/amazingart/E/artist9.html
I agree with Ry that he maybe took some ideas from trading and puzzel cards.
ReplyDeleteAnd I also agree that Hill knew what he was doing when he drew this.
I agree with Ry, depending on how you see things and how others think. I think that part of the drawing was an accident because if all of those things were supposed to be something else then the original drawing, then that's your hint and it more than likely came out different than he expected.
ReplyDeleteI agree with ar3292 that everyone interprets things differently. And that to see both of these things you really have to use your brain.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Haley Jo that this picture could have been an accident, and that it may have came out different than what Hill expected it to.
i think Hill didn't draw on accident. Hill's intent when he made this picture to make people think about old women by the side of her face.
ReplyDeleteNobody interpret things in the same things, they also think different. So that why somebody isn't thinking in the same way. When you looked at the picture,you have to use your brain to think about it.
i agree with Ry that When I looked at this at first I saw an old woman.
http://www.planetperplex.com/en/item/my-wife-and-my-mother-in-law/
I think when he drew the old lady and looked at it he saw the young lady so he made it the way he did and it wasnt his intent to make it the way he did at first.
ReplyDeleteA person uses certain parts of their brain to do things, talk, eat, etc.
I agree with Ry that everyone interprets things different.One person sees one thing and someone else another. But when they really think about it they see both.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/YoungGirl-OldWomanIllusion.html
W. E. Hill did not create the picture by accident, but rather adapted the original picture. W.E. Hill’s illusion is a cognitive illusion more specifically an ambiguous illusion. The reason is because it creates a swift in a person’s mind to be able to see one or both of the illusions. I agree with Ry that it depends on what side of your brain you use to see things differently.
ReplyDeleteSources: http://mathworld.worlfam.com/YoungGirl-OldWomanIllusion.html
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~CGS/305 html/Gestalt/Illusions.html
He did this on perpose this drawing was not on accident. He wanted people to think about his art work when they looked at it not just look becasue it looked nice they wanted people to use there minds and think about the image at hand. I agree with ar3292 that people look at things differently.
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This drawing was not on accident.
ReplyDeleteHe wanted people think about his picture that they are different from the lines and sides.
Everyone interpret things different.when i look this picture the first thing i saw it i think it was old women. and when i keep looking this picture for a while i found that it interpret to young women either. You have to think about this picture with your brain. Everyone can use different brain for think about this, because this picture interpret different way.
I agree with Ry that it depends on people what side of the brain use to see different things.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/YoungGirl-OldWomanIllusion.html
I dont believe that this drawing was an accident. Hill knew what he was doing, and he wanted to be a known artist. Hill's intentions for this piece of art, was that he wanted to make sure people looked into his work and noticed the type of work he put into it. He wanted people to have to think about his artwork and look into it really hard. I personally think that was his way of getting his artwork attention to more widely known and liked, yet also very different than other pieces of art. Peoples interpretaions are all different than the way others interpret things. Depending on which way you think of things, and what side of the brain you use depends on how you feel and think about certain things. Everyone is different and everyone has their own opinions. When i first looked at this picture i noticed the young lady first, then the old lady afterwards.
ReplyDeleteI agree with cody, that he wanted people to look into it and and think about the image on hand.
I don’t think that he made this picture and accidently created such a great artwork. And he was known for his illusions, so he probably did it on purpose. I like those pictures, because when I looked at the blog post a saw an old lady. Then after I read that there is a young lady too, I went back and couldn’t believe that I didn’t saw her earlier. I don’t know exactly how the brain manages those pieces, but I think it depends on if you see the little line as a jaw bone or a nose.
ReplyDeleteNow there are a lot of those pictures, with two faces and I suppose some artists just copied the idea (or even Hill copied it).
And I agree with Ry that W.E. Hill knew what he was doing when he drew this.
http://teachnet.com/powertools/entertain/puzzles/001907illusions/illusion1.html
No, he did not make this on accident.
ReplyDeleteHis intent on this piece was to make the viewers think about what they were looking at.
You either see an old woman looking down, or you see a younger woman looking away from the viewer. When I first looked at this I saw the younger woman looking away. It took me forever to visualize the older woman! Why does everyone see things differently? It’s because they are using a different side of the brain.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/YoungGirl-OldWomanIllusion.html
not on accident this is about what type of person you are if you dont see anything in this drawing then that says something about what kind of art you do.
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